Rotary photograph-album



(No Model.)

B. BREWER. ROTARY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM.

No. 546,995. Patented Oct. 1, 1895.

AN DREW EGRAHAM. PHOTO-UTND WASNIN5TUN.D.C

STATES EDWARD BREWER, OF GREENWOOD, INDIANA.

ROTARY PHOTOGRAPH-ALBUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,995, dated October 1, 1895. Application filed December 19, 1894. S rial No. 532,320. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD BREWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenwood, in the county of Johnson and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Photograph-Albums, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to producea rotary photograph-album in which the pic tures shall be fully protected when inserted therein, and from which they can be easily withdrawn for inspection and re-inserted when desired.

An album embodying my said invention will be first fully described, and the novel features thereof then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is aperspective view of an album embodying my said invention with one pair of pictures drawn out for inspection; Fig. 2, a horizontal sectional view showing three of the pairs of pictures thrown out in position forinspection and the others inclosed; and Fig. 3, a detail perspective view of asingle pair of pictures and immediately adjacent parts, illustrating the details of construction more clearly.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the stand, including the standard of my improved album, B the rotary cage which carries the pictures, and 0 said pictures.

The standard A consists of a suitable base with a vertical shaft upon which the structure B is mounted and around which it is adapted to revolve.

The cage B consists of a top and bottom,as shown, connected by small wires or rods 6, between each pair of which are slits or spaces for the pictures. Between the pairs of wires or rods panel-pieces p are inserted, which may be of any desired construction, but are preferably of glass.

The pictures O are arranged in pairs, back to back, and are held together by the clamps 0', c and 0 The clamp c embodies a hinge part, which engages with the hinge part b on the lower end of the cage B, directly behind the rods 12. The clamp c is upon the lower end or edge of the pictures, and has a projecting portion which forms a handle by which they are manipulated. The clamp c is on the rear edge of such pictures, preferably well toward the top thereof, and besides holding them together at this point, forms a bearing for a pin 0 which passes behind the bars I) and thus prevents the picture from falling out, and, together with the hinge c 1), holds the picture in upright position while being inspected. It also forms the point of contact with the floor of the cage when the pictures are turned within the cage, whereby said pictures are protected from abrasion by immediate contact with said floor.

The operation of this device will be readily understood. The photographs or other pictures being assembled in pairs, as described, and the clamps applied thereto and placed within the cage, may be withdrawn for inspection by simply tilting them on the hinges o b, by means of the handle forming a portion of the clamp 0 to an upright position, Where they are held by the clamp c and its stop-pin 0. Each pair of pictures can thus be withdrawn for inspection or turned back within the cage at pleasure, and, obviously, the whole structure can be revolved as desired. Such a structure forms an ornamental device which may be placed upon a parlortable and is capable of being made to contain a very large number of pictures.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a rotary picture album, of a central shaft, a circular structure rotating horizontally on said shaft, said structure being cylindrical in form and having vertical slits in its sides, the pictures, clamp hinges secured on those corners of the pictures at the bottom outer edge of the cylindrical structure, clamp-stops secured to the edges of the pictures beyond said clamp hinges, and clamp-handles secured to the ends of said pictures whereby they may be manipulated, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, in a rotary picture album, of the standard A consisting of a suit: able base with a vertical shaft, a cage B consisting of a top and bottom with pairs of wires or rods connecting them near the periphery between which are slits or openings for pictures, and pictures O attached thereto by TOC clamps c and c and also connected by clamps c which forms ahandle whereby the pictures may be manipulated, said several parts being arranged and operating substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, in a rotary picture album, of the standard, including the shaft, the rotary cage mounted on said shaft and having slits in its sides, pictures inserted in said slits, clamps c secured to the corners of the pictures and also to the lower portion of the structure B, clamps c secured to the rear side of the pictures and provided with a stoppin 0 said pictures being thus adapted to be moved into or out of the structure B and be held by their own gravity in either position, substantially as shown and described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 17th dayof December, A. D. 1894:.

EDXVARD BREIVER. [L. s]

\Vitnesses:

JAMES A. WALsH, H. D. NEALY. 

